Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: Existing Geographic Service Areas | HRSA 25 002

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The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS) Program: Existing Geographic Service Areas is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary grant opportunity (CFDA 93.918) that funds outpatient programs delivering comprehensive HIV primary health care and related support services for low-income people with HIV. The funding opportunity is issued under three related announcement numbers (HRSA-25-002, HRSA-25-003, and HRSA-25-004), which correspond to different periods of performance tied to specific geographic service areas listed in Appendix C. The overall goal is to strengthen early identification of HIV and ensure people diagnosed with HIV are promptly evaluated, treated, and linked to ongoing care, using services that align with established U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) HIV clinical practice guidelines.

Applicants funded under this program are expected to provide a defined package of early intervention services. That package includes: HIV counseling; targeted HIV testing; periodic medical evaluations for people with HIV, including clinical and diagnostic services for HIV care and treatment; therapeutic measures to prevent and treat immune system deterioration and HIV-related conditions; and referrals to appropriate health care and support service providers. Programs can deliver these services directly or arrange them through formal partnerships such as referrals, contracts, or memoranda of understanding (MOUs). In practice, HRSA is looking for applicants that can demonstrate a coordinated outpatient model where patients can move from testing and diagnosis into clinical evaluation and treatment, with strong linkage pathways to any additional medical or support services they may need.

Eligibility is focused on organizations capable of providing comprehensive primary care and EIS in the specific service areas identified in Appendix C. The competition is open both to current Ryan White Part C EIS recipients and to new organizations proposing to operate in those listed geographic areas. If an organization wants to compete for more than one service area, it must submit a separate application for each area, meaning the work plan, service model, budget, and documentation must be built and justified independently for each proposed geographic footprint.

The opportunity carries several important statutory spending requirements that shape how budgets must be built. First, at least 50 percent of the amount received must be spent on EIS costs, excluding counseling and referrals/linkage to care. Second, at least 75 percent of the award, after reserving amounts for administrative costs, planning/evaluation, and clinical quality management (CQM), must be spent on core medical services; EIS is treated as a subset within that core medical services requirement. Third, administrative costs are capped at no more than 10 percent of total Part C award funds. Applicants who believe they need to spend less than required on core medical services must request a waiver and submit that waiver request with the application as Attachment 15. HRSA also points applicants to HAB Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) 16-02 as the key reference for what counts as allowable Ryan White core medical services and support services, reinforcing that funded activities must relate directly to HIV diagnosis, care, and support.

A wide range of entity types may apply as long as they are U.S.-based public or nonprofit private entities that meet the statutory categories referenced in section 2652(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. Examples listed include federally qualified health centers, certain family planning grant recipients (other than states), comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers, rural health clinics, Indian Health Service-operated or contracted facilities, community-based organizations and health facilities serving people who acquired HIV through intravenous drug use, and nonprofit private entities providing comprehensive primary care to populations at risk of HIV, including faith-based and community-based organizations. Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations are also explicitly eligible. The broader Grants.gov eligibility listing also includes various government entities (state, county, city/township, special district, and independent school districts) and nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education).

From an administrative standpoint, this is a grant opportunity with an original closing date of June 17, 2024. HRSA anticipated making 89 awards, and the published award ceiling is shown as $0, which typically signals that award amounts vary by service area and are specified elsewhere in the full announcement or appendices rather than expressed as a single universal cap. The core operational takeaway is that applicants must be prepared to deliver or firmly coordinate a complete outpatient EIS-to-care continuum within a defined service area, show compliance with Ryan White spending rules and clinical standards, and submit separate, service-area-specific applications when proposing to serve multiple geographic areas.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: Existing Geographic Service Areas" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.918.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 89 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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